Finance Business Partner

Description

• Support Financial Reporting team in quarterly board reporting process for joint venture partners
• Set annual net rent budget and other Real Estate team targets
• Work on ad-hoc projects and analysis as required
• Responsible for quarterly reforecasting process for the portfolio, identifying key drivers of performance vs budget
• Agree asset level priorities with Asset Management
• Provide financial analysis for proposed leasing deals, highlighting any potential risks
• Identify and drive forward value creating initiatives across the team
• Prepare ExCo updates on performance vs leasing target and status of leasing priorities
• Provide supporting asset level data
• Assist with internal controls/risk reporting
• Prepare Management Information and communicate to key stakeholders
• Collaborate with FP&A to support understanding of the key drivers of the budget in the context of the overall corporate budget
• Provide challenge to budget assumptions and identify risks and opportunities
• Responsibility for updates for the Quarterly Performance Review
• Maintenance and development of the Anaplan property forecast model
• Prepare and communicate drivers of over/underperformance with the business
• Communicate outputs to the Real Estate team, including Head of Real Estate, Head of Commercial Finance and Asset Management
• Meet with Asset Management and Leasing teams to understand and update forecast for latest view on leasing activity
• Collaborate with teams including Asset Management, Leasing, Sustainability, Marketing, Insights and Property Management to understand drivers of net rental income over a 1 and 5 year period
• Ensure adequate control exists around Real Estate processes
• Support internal, external, and joint venture reporting requirements
• Support the joint venture finance team including preparation and co-ordination of annual business plan and budget as well as providing ad-hoc financial analysis
• Ensure internal approval process is appropriately followed and provide support as required
• Support Financial Reporting team in understanding variances between forecast and quarterly actuals
• Support Real Estate teams in annual asset business plan process
• Ensure content in external announcements is appropriately verified.

Requirements

• Interpersonal and able to build strong working relationships across numerous teams and levels of seniority
• Performance vs budget, trend analysis, actuals vs prior periods, and other ad hoc analysis
• Experience of using Anaplan software
• Qualified Accountant (ACA, CIMA) with post qualified experience
• Self sufficient and able to manage a portfolio of responsibilities, prioritise and meet tight deadlines
• Understand key drivers of performance and identify priorities for the business
• Able to communicate financial concepts and implications to non-finance professionals
• Relevant experience in Business Partnering or Financial Analysis
• Comfortable with getting into the detail and as well as understanding the big picture
• Logical approach to problem solving with ability to interpret financial impact of commercial decisions
• Comfortable dealing with and manipulating data from different sources
• Experience working in real estate and knowledge of property specific accounting treatments

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance